Arsenal Facts – Part 3
I’m back with more interesting facts, stats and tidbits about The Arsenal! How many do you know? Have fun finding out. You can also check out the first 50 facts here and the second set here. If you are a fan of sports facts, check out my others at Random Sports Facts.
1. Lee Dixon was part of a Title winning team in the 80s, 90s and 2000s.
2. Jens Lehmann was Red Carded in the 18th minute of the 2005-2006 Champions League final.
3. Tony Adams debut was on 5th November 1983 vs. Sunderland.
4. Dennis Bergkamp surprisingly got 40 yellow cards for the Gunners.
5. Nicolas Anelka cost only £500,000 from Paris St Germain.
6. Robert Pires scored 84 goals in 284 Arsenal appearances.
7. Alan Smith only got one yellow card in his whole career.
8. 9th August 1969 was when Arsenal changed their socks from blue and white hooped socks to red socks with a white turn over.
9. Bertie Mee was the first Arsenal manager to do the double – 1970-1971.
10. Arsenal were the first team to beat Juventus at home in the 1980 European Cup Winners Cup game (1-0 Paul Vaessen)
11. Sylvain Wiltord’s famous goal at Manchester United in the 2001-2002 season was scored in the 55th minute.
12. Arsenal have won the League at Anfield, Old Trafford and White Hart Lane.
13. 4th May 1994 was the day Arsenal beat Parma 1-0 in the Cup Winners Cup final with a goal from Alan Smith.
14. Ted Drake cost a mere £6,500 in 1934.
15. Charlie Nicholas scored 54 goals for the club.
16. Tim Lovejoy once said “Don’t Worry, it’s only Ray Parlour” just before Ray curled a beauty into the top corner of the 2002 FA Cup final.
17. Slyvain Wiltord’s transfer fee was £13 million.
18. Silvinho was Arsenal’s first Brazilian player.
19. Patrick Vieira got 72 yellow and 8 red cards for the club.
20. Liam Brady signed Pro forms on July 23rd 1973.
21. Tony Adams scored 48 goals for the club.
22. May 3rd 1971 was the day Arsenal won the League at White Hart Lane with a 1-0 win.
23. Gilberto scored his first Arsenal goal in the 2002 Charity Shield 1-0 win vs. Liverpool.
24. Ian Wright once said “I was once fined £5,000 for calling Tottenham w##kers. Best £5,000 I ever spent.”
25. Gus Caesar never scored for the club.
26. 3rd April 1914 was the day The Woolwich part was officially dropped from the name.
27. Alan Smith cost £750,000 in 1987.
28. Herbert Chapman’s first game in charge of Arsenal was against Tottenham.
29. Arsene Wenger’s first game in charge was a 2-0 win at Blackburn Rovers.
30. Steve Bould’s transfer fee was a mere £390,000.
31. Tony Adams was born on 10th October 1966.
32. 13th November 1990 was the date of the “Old Trafford Brawl” where Arsenal were deducted 2 points.
33. Freddie Ljungberg scored in both the 2001 (Liverpool) and 2002 (Chelsea) FA Cup finals.
34. Arsenal’s biggest win at Stamford Bridge was 5-1 in November 1930.
35. John Jenson scored his only Arsenal goal vs. QPR on December 31st 1994.
36. Thierry Henry scored his first ever Arsenal hat trick vs. Leicester City December 2000.
37. Arsenal’s worst defeat on an opening day was a 6-1 loss to Wolves in 1946.
38. Kanu was signed from Inter Milan.
39. Herbert Chapman was born on 19th January 1878.
40. David Rocastle was sold to Leeds for a £2 million transfer fee in 1992.
41. Tony Woodcock once scored 5 goals vs. Aston Villa in 1983.
42. Charlie Nicholas cost £650,000 from Celtic in 1983.
43. Phillipe Senderos got 3 Red cards in just 64 games.
44. Paul Merson scored 99 goals for the club.
45. Pires and Vieira were the goal scorers when Arsenal won the 2003-2004 title at White Hart Lane.
46. Emmanuel Eboue scored 10 goals in 214 appearances for the club.
47. In 1952-1953 Arsenal won the title on goal difference with Preston North End finishing 2nd.
48. Dennis Bergkamp was born in Amsterdam, Holland on 10th May 1969.
49. Tough defender Lauren signed from Spanish club Real Mallorca.
50. At a capacity of 60,361, the Emirates is the third-largest football stadium in England (Wembley and Old Trafford).
